Harry Potter achieved a very special act of actual magic: it made it completely acceptable for an adult to carry around, read… — Maureen Johnson Copy Share Image
A child can identify with adult characters- but only if they are sympathetically drawn and simple enough. — Edmund Wallace Hildick Copy Share Image
Children are not only innocent and curious but also optimistic and joyful and essentially happy. They are, in short, everything adults wish… — Carolyn Haywood Copy Share Image
I think that it's really, really funny to see adult themes in a genre that's usually directed towards children. — John DiMaggio Copy Share Image
Fashion has always been in my life, thanks to my mother and my aunt growing up. I think as I became an… — Olivia Palermo Copy Share Image
Adolescents are not monsters. They are just people trying to learn how to make it among the adults in the world, who… — Virginia Satir Copy Share Image
As a child, all you see is that adults are not playing. Adults are not talking too much. Adults don't want to… — Alejandro Zambra Copy Share Image
I've been asked this question so many times, do you feel you need to write a book for adults? No, I don't… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
Obviously, as an adult I realize this girl-on-girl sabotage is the third worst kind of female behavior, right behind saying "like" all… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
According to a new survey, 40 percent of adults in Mexico say they would move to the United States if they got… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
Already, though, she understood the difference between being a child and being an adult. The difference is when someone says he can… — Joe Hill Copy Share Image
Most adults don't sing anymore. We have to break that, and start singing the name of the Almighty One, try to cultivate… — Dharma Mittra Copy Share Image
What I know for sure is that all the sacrifice and challenges we face are worth it if we're creating a better… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
I grew up in a family that was multifaceted, sexually oriented, and pretty much open to everything. And because I was working,… — Drew Barrymore Copy Share Image
To the children who loved Harry Potter, I want to say your enthusiasm was the real magic. I so enjoyed being on… — Daniel Radcliffe Copy Share Image
It was surprising to me to hear a member question whether another member of the House was an adult. We're all adults… — Chrystia Freeland Copy Share Image
"Little Brother" sounds an optimistic warning. It extrapolates from current events to remind us of the ever-growing threats to liberty. But it… — Dan Gillmor Copy Share Image
As an adult I discovered that I was a pretty good autodidact, and can teach myself all kind of things. And developed… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Those who see what's obvious aren't necessarily brighter than others. They're just more likely to observe that the emperor is naked. Like… — Richard Farson Copy Share Image
Young children learn in a different manner from that of older children and adults, yet we can teach them many things if… — David Elkind Copy Share Image
I started to read James Baldwin very early on in my life. At a time, as a young adult in the Sixties,… — Raoul Peck Copy Share Image
The American child is a highly intelligent human being; characteristically sensitive, humorous, open-minded, eager to learn, has a strong sense of excitement,… — Walt Disney Copy Share Image
Young people are more hopeful at a certain age than adults, but I suspect that's glandular. As for children, I keep as… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
In terms of my relationships with a lot of the adult characters, when I was working with Harrison, it wasn't like a… — Asa Butterfield Copy Share Image
I realized that everything I do is fantasy, whether it is an adult movie or a kids movie. — Robert Rodriguez Copy Share Image
As an artist grows older, he has to fight disillusionment and learn to establish the same relation to nature as an adult,… — Charles E. Burchfield Copy Share Image
“I felt for the first time, maybe ever, how much harder it was to be the adults. And I wasn't sure I… — Barbara Hall Copy Share Image
When I first saw a picture of the crucifixion, I lost respect for my parents. I suddenly realised that this is what… — Vivienne Westwood Copy Share Image
In adult centers the nerve paths are something fixed, ended, immutable. Everything may die, nothing may be regenerated. — Santiago Ramon y Cajal Copy Share Image
In fairy tales, the children are saved by caring adults. We need more caring adults in the lives of our children. — Donna Shalala Copy Share Image
In fact, in my adult lifetime, I don't think I've ever seen people as fearful economically as they are right now. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Because I'm in an adult world and I'm really working, my age is just a number. It's not really who I am. — Mandy Moore Copy Share Image
The most powerful men were those who most effectively used the power of adult competence to enforce childish agreements. — George W. S. Trow Copy Share Image
We've got babies raising babies, and it's important for us as responsible adults to go out and do what we can to… — Alonzo Mourning Copy Share Image
It's horrible to be a sex object at any age, but at least when you're an adult you can make the decision… — Natalie Portman Copy Share Image
The library is a place where most of the things I came to value as an adult had their beginnings. — Pete Hamill Copy Share Image
By the time a child reaches out to an adult, the vast majority of kids have been dealing with the bullying and… — Rosalind Wiseman Copy Share Image
Typical Hollywood crowd - all the kids are on drugs, and all the adults are on roller skates. — Eric Idle Copy Share Image
Nine out of ten adult Americans have a checking account. It's the most widely used financial services product in the United States. — Carolyn Maloney Copy Share Image
All any grownup expects of an adolescent is that he act like an adult and be satisfied to be treated like a… — John Grant Copy Share Image
